The first in a series of ten volumes, Armies of the Bear Volume I, Part 1 covers orders of battle for the Red Army's 1st through 25th Rifle Divisions, 1917-1957. This comprehensive listing, enriched with never previously available material from the Russian military archives, includes raising and disbanding dates for divisions and their successor divisions, a brief history, commanders, awards, dates on active service, subordinate units, and a month by month listing of the higher HQs the divisions